Miners-lamp holder



(No Model.)

W. O. ROCKWELL.

MINERS LAMP HOLDER. No. 430,691. Patented June 24,1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEFIcE.

\VARREN Ov ROCKWELL, OF MOUNT CARMEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

MINERS-LAMP HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 430,691, dated June 24, 1890'.

Application filed June 8, 1839- Serial No. 313,818- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

I Se itknown that LWARREN C. ROCKWELL, a e1t1zen of the United States, residing at Mount Carmel, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Miners Lamp Holder, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mlners-lamp holders; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed. I

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a miuers cap, showing a lamp supported thereon by my improved devices. Fig. 2 is a side view of the lamp removed. Fig. 3 1s a detail perspective view of the holder detached. Fig. 4. is a detail perspective view of the brackets or loops on the cap. i

In carrying out my present invention I provlde a leather plate A, which is secured to the front of the cap, and a metallic shield B, which is secured to the lower edge of said leather plate and extends down over the visor. A series of brackets C are secured in the leather plate A, and are adapted to support the lamp and to hold the point or nail used for trimming the lamp. Each of said brackets consists of a metallic strap havlng its central portion doubled 011 itself to provide the ring or loop D and has its ends passed through the leather plate and pressed thereagainst so as to clamp the same. Three of these brackets are provided, one being arranged near the upper end of the plate A at the center of the same and adapted to be engaged by the lampholder, while the other 7 two are arranged near the edge of the plate itself to form the loop L, the free end of the said loop forming the spring-hook K and being turned out, as shown at M, to provide a round surface, which will readily engage the loop D. The free end of the loop is also tapered slightly, so as to provide a smaller end, which will more easily pass through the loop D. The upper end of the standard is formed into a ring N, which can be engaged over a fixed support when the lamp is notin use, and by which the carrying of the lamp is facilitated. The standard serves to prevent the spring-arm being forced too far forward, and it is preferably formed integral with the said spring-arm, or the end of the standard may be secured to the said spring-arm.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided a very simple and efficient device by which the lamp will be effectually secured on the cap and by which it can be easily removed therefrom when so desired, and when not in use can be easily carried or hung on a fixed support out of the Way.

To engage the hook onthe loop D, it is only necessary to draw the said hook downward over the loop, when it will at once automatically engage the same, as will be readily understood.-

My device is very simple, and its advantages are thought to be obvious.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with the base-plate A and the bracket 0, having its ends passed through said plate and clamped against the same, the center of said bracket being formed into a loop D, of the lamp II and the supporting'arm secured thereto and provided with a normally-closed spring-hook at its upper end removably engaging said loop D, substantially as described.

2. The supporting-arm consisting of the standard J, the spring-arm I, parallel therewith and doubled on itself at its upper end in a loop L to form the spring-hook K, substantially as described.

The supporting-arm consisting of the standard J, its upper end formed into a ring N, the spring-arm I, parallel and integral the standard above the loopbeing formedinto to with the-standard and extending upward from a ring N, as set forth.

thelower endthereof, said armIbeing doubled In testimony that I claim the foregoing as on itself at its upper end in a loop L to form my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the spring-hook K, substantially as described. presence of two Witnesses.

4. The lamp provided With asupporting-arin WARREN C. ROCKWELL. 1, consisting of the standard J and the leaf- Witnesses: spring K, thelatter having its end doubled on W. B. FAUsT, itself to form the loop L, and the up er end of a J. J. TOBIAS. 

